Mindset and Belief Systems We all have mindsets and belief systems that proved useful in the first half of life. I am squarely in the second half of life and that mindset no longer works for me. Over the last couple of years, many of my mindsets and belief systems have been challenged. My wife […]
Turning 64 – Will You Still Need Me After the Pandemic?
Turning 64 – Will You Still Need Me When I am 64? I am turning 64 during the worst health crisis in my lifetime. Of course, being a child of the 60s, my mind immediately goes to the lyrics of the Beatles classic song When I’m Sixty Four. When I turned 60 I wrote about […]
Have You Followed the Default Path in Your Career? [Updated]
Default Path A lot of baby boomers, including myself, took the default path in our careers. We waited for opportunities to appear, and then we reacted. We let others dictate the path our careers followed. I know I sure did! I graduated from Northwestern University with an engineering degree in the late 1970s. I took […]
Are You a Closet Creative? Are You Coming out of the Closet?
Closet Creative I have a lot of clients who should wear a name tag that says Closet Creative. That would be the only way you’d know they have many creative talents that are waiting to burst out. These folks have taken their musical, artistic, or literary interests and shoved them into a closet, especially as it […]
College Degree After 50 – Is It Worth It? It Depends! [Updated]
College Degree After 50 Is attaining a college degree after 50 years of age worth the effort and expense? There is a lot of conversation about whether higher education is worth the money. Make sure and read the many comments on this post below. The comment portion of this post is longer than the original […]
Encore Episode: Jonathan Rauch, Author of The Happiness Curve [Podcast]
Podcast #158 – Against popular wisdom, your best or most satisfying days are ahead of you. Jonathan Rauch delves into the science and the data of happiness in this discussion. Description: Jonathan Rauch, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute in Washington, is the author of six books and many articles on public policy, culture, and […]
How to Mitigate Risk in the 2nd Half of Life
How to Mitigate Risk? Do you know how to mitigate risk in your life and career? This is the 3rd post in a series on dealing with risk in the 2nd half of life. If you have not had a chance to read the other posts, you can find them here. Perceived and Real Risks […]
Career Development Plans in the 2nd Half of Life [Updated]
Career Development Plan?? When was the last time you had a career development plan? Most of us who joined the workforce during the 60’s, 70’s or 80’s remember sitting down with our managers once a year to work on a career development plan. That was when you started your career with one company and planned […]
What Types of Risk are You Taking in the 2nd Half Of Life?
What Types of Risk are You Taking? In the “What’s Next” Mastermind group within the Career Pivot Community, we have been discussing various types of risks and our willingness to take them. One of the trends I am seeing is that as we reach our 60s, some of us are willing to take more measured […]
